I have tweaked the ini file with the ini editor but I can't seem to get it right. It does remove the commercials but it doesn't remove future tv announcements that come together with the commercial breaks.

I tried this (old) ini file from this topic http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78 but that dioesn't work anymore (for me).

I'll give an example image from the tv show with logo and the future tv show annoucement that also have a bigger logo but in the middle of the screen.I thougt I had it rifgt but with "ticker_tape_percentage" set to 75 but the next day in another show it didn't emove it anymore.

Any help to get this right is appreciated.

Tv show with logo

Commercial break with future tv show announcement with lower logo.

This is my modefied ini file

Code:

detect_method=43 ;1=black frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=fuzzy logic, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 64=silence, 128=cutscenes, 255=allvalidate_silence=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues if selected above.validate_uniform=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues (like pure white frames) if blackframe is selected above.validate_scenechange=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues if selected above.verbose=0 ;show a lot of extra info, level 5 is also OK, set to 0 to disablemax_brightness=60 ;frame not black if any pixels checked are greater than this (scale 0 to 255)test_brightness=40 ;frame not pure black if any pixels checked are greater than this, will check average brightness (scale 0 to 255)max_avg_brightness=25 ;maximum average brightness for a dim frame to be considered black (scale 0 to 255) 0 means autosettingmax_commercialbreak=600 ;maximum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial breakmin_commercialbreak=25 ;minimum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial breakmax_commercial_size=125 ;maximum time in seconds for a single commercial or multiple commercials if no breaks in betweenmin_commercial_size=4 ;mimimum time in seconds for a single commercialmin_show_segment_length=250 ; any segment longer than this will be scored towards show.non_uniformity=500 ; Set to 0 to disable cutpoints based on uniform framesmax_volume=500 ; any frame with sound volume larger than this will not be regarded as black framemin_silence=12 ; Any deep silence longer than this amount of frames is a possible cutpointlogo_at_bottom=0 ; Set to 1 to search only for logo at the lower half of the video, do not combine with subtitle settingpunish=0 ; Compare to average for sum of 1=brightness, 2=uniform 4=volume, 8=silence, 16=schange, set to 0 to disablepunish_threshold=1.3 ; Multiply when amount is above average * punish_thresholdpunish_modifier=2 ; When above average * threshold multiply score by this valueintelligent_brightness=0 ; Set to 1 to use a USA specific algorithm to tune some of the settings, not adviced outside the USAlogo_percentile=0.92 ; if more then this amount of logo is found then logo detection will be disabledlogo_threshold=0.75punish_no_logo=1 ; Default, set to 0 to avoid show segments without logo to be scored towards commercialaggressive_logo_rejection=0connect_blocks_with_logo=1 ; set to 1 if you want successive blocks with logo on the transition to be regarded as connected, set to 0 to disablelogo_filter=0 ; set the size of the filter to apply to bad logo detection, 4 seems to be a good value.cut_on_ar_change=1 ; set to 1 if you want to cut also on aspect ratio changes when logo is present, set to 2 to force cuts on aspect ratio changes. set to 0 to disabledelete_show_after_last_commercial=0 ; set to 1 if you want to delete the last block if its a show and after a commercialdelete_show_before_or_after_current=0 ; set to 1 if you want to delete the previous and the next show in the recording, this can lead to the deletion of trailers of next showdelete_block_after_commercial=0 ;set to max size of block in seconds to be discarded, set to 0 to disableremove_before=0 ; amount of seconds of show to be removed before ALL commercialsremove_after=0 ; amount of seconds of show to be removed after ALL commercialsshrink_logo=5 ; Reduce the duration of the logo with this amount of secondsafter_logo=0 ; set to number of seconds after logo disappears comskip should start to search for silence to insert an additional cutpointpadding=0ms_audio_delay=5volume_slip=40skip_b_frames=0 ; Set to 1 to force Comskip to skip frames for higher processing speed.hardware_decode=0 ; Set to 1 to enable hardware accelerated video decoding, only available in donator versionmax_repair_size=200 ; Will repair maximum 200 missing MPEG frames in the timeline, set to 0 to disable repairing for players that don't use PTS.disable_heuristics=4 bit pattern for disabling heuristics, adding 1 disables heristics 1, adding 2 disables heristics 2, adding 4 disables heristics 3, 255 disables all heuristicsdelete_logo_file=1 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to tidy up after finishingoutput_framearray=0 ; create a big excel file for detailed analysis, set to 0 to disableoutput_data=0 ; create a dump of the user data channel, used for CC and XDS (such as V-Chip info). Can be use together with output_framearray to remote debug CC decodingoutput_videoredo=0 ; The old videoredo formatoutput_videoredo3=0 ; The new videoredo v3 format.output_womble=0output_mls=0 ; set to 1 if you want MPeg Video Wizard bookmark file outputoutput_cuttermaran=0output_mpeg2schnitt=0output_mpgtx=0output_dvrcut=0output_zoomplayer_chapter=0output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0output_edl=1output_dvrmstb=0 ; Set to 1 if you're running DVRMS-Toolboxoutput_edlx=0output_vcf=0output_bsplayer=0output_btv=0 ; set to 1 if you want Beyond TV chapter cutlist outputoutput_projectx=0 ; set to 1 if you want ProjectX cutlist output (Xcl)output_avisynth=0output_vdr=0 ; set to 1 if you want XBMC to skipping commercialsoutput_demux=0 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to demux the mpeg file while scanningsage_framenumber_bug=0sage_minute_bug=0live_tv=0 ; set to 1 if you use parallelprocessing and need the output while recordinglive_tv_retries=4 ; change to 16 when using live_tv in BTV, used for mpeg PS and TSdvrms_live_tv_retries=300 ; only used for dvr_msstandoff=0 ; change to 8000000 when using live_tv in BTVcuttermaran_options="cut=\"true\" unattended=\"true\" muxResult=\"false\" snapToCutPoints=\"true\" closeApp=\"true\""mpeg2schnitt_options="mpeg2schnitt.exe /S /E /R25 /Z %2 %1"avisynth_options="LoadPlugin(\"MPEG2Dec3.dll\") \nMPEG2Source(\"%s\")\n"dvrcut_options="dvrcut \"%s.dvr-ms\" \"%s_clean.dvr-ms\" "windowtitle="Comskip - %s"subtitles=0two_pass_logo=1logo_percentage_threshold=0.75logo_max_percentage_of_screen=0.2ticker_tape_percentage=75ignore_side=2output_debugwindow=0

After some more testing this seems to be the best settings for me with Dutch TV. It's not perfect because with some channels it still is hit and miss sometimes but for the channels I record most from it works.

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detect_method=255 ;1=black frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=fuzzy logic, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 64=silence, 128=cutscenes, 255=allvalidate_silence=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues if selected above.validate_uniform=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues (like pure white frames) if blackframe is selected above.validate_scenechange=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues if selected above.verbose=0 ;show a lot of extra info, level 5 is also OK, set to 0 to disablemax_brightness=60 ;frame not black if any pixels checked are greater than this (scale 0 to 255)test_brightness=40 ;frame not pure black if any pixels checked are greater than this, will check average brightness (scale 0 to 255)max_avg_brightness=25 ;maximum average brightness for a dim frame to be considered black (scale 0 to 255) 0 means autosettingmax_commercialbreak=600 ;maximum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial breakmin_commercialbreak=25 ;minimum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial breakmax_commercial_size=125 ;maximum time in seconds for a single commercial or multiple commercials if no breaks in betweenmin_commercial_size=4 ;mimimum time in seconds for a single commercialmin_show_segment_length=250 ; any segment longer than this will be scored towards show.non_uniformity=500 ; Set to 0 to disable cutpoints based on uniform framesmax_volume=500 ; any frame with sound volume larger than this will not be regarded as black framemin_silence=12 ; Any deep silence longer than this amount of frames is a possible cutpointlogo_at_bottom=0 ; Set to 1 to search only for logo at the lower half of the video, do not combine with subtitle settingpunish=0 ; Compare to average for sum of 1=brightness, 2=uniform 4=volume, 8=silence, 16=schange, set to 0 to disablepunish_threshold=1.3 ; Multiply when amount is above average * punish_thresholdpunish_modifier=2 ; When above average * threshold multiply score by this valueintelligent_brightness=0 ; Set to 1 to use a USA specific algorithm to tune some of the settings, not adviced outside the USAlogo_percentile=0.92 ; if more then this amount of logo is found then logo detection will be disabledlogo_threshold=0.75punish_no_logo=1 ; Default, set to 0 to avoid show segments without logo to be scored towards commercialaggressive_logo_rejection=0connect_blocks_with_logo=1 ; set to 1 if you want successive blocks with logo on the transition to be regarded as connected, set to 0 to disablelogo_filter=0 ; set the size of the filter to apply to bad logo detection, 4 seems to be a good value.cut_on_ar_change=1 ; set to 1 if you want to cut also on aspect ratio changes when logo is present, set to 2 to force cuts on aspect ratio changes. set to 0 to disabledelete_show_after_last_commercial=0 ; set to 1 if you want to delete the last block if its a show and after a commercialdelete_show_before_or_after_current=0 ; set to 1 if you want to delete the previous and the next show in the recording, this can lead to the deletion of trailers of next showdelete_block_after_commercial=0 ;set to max size of block in seconds to be discarded, set to 0 to disableremove_before=0 ; amount of seconds of show to be removed before ALL commercialsremove_after=1 ; amount of seconds of show to be removed after ALL commercialsshrink_logo=5 ; Reduce the duration of the logo with this amount of secondsafter_logo=0 ; set to number of seconds after logo disappears comskip should start to search for silence to insert an additional cutpointpadding=0ms_audio_delay=5volume_slip=40skip_b_frames=0 ; Set to 1 to force Comskip to skip frames for higher processing speed.hardware_decode=0 ; Set to 1 to enable hardware accelerated video decoding, only available in donator versionmax_repair_size=200 ; Will repair maximum 200 missing MPEG frames in the timeline, set to 0 to disable repairing for players that don't use PTS.disable_heuristics=4 bit pattern for disabling heuristics, adding 1 disables heristics 1, adding 2 disables heristics 2, adding 4 disables heristics 3, 255 disables all heuristicsdelete_logo_file=1 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to tidy up after finishingoutput_framearray=0 ; create a big excel file for detailed analysis, set to 0 to disableoutput_data=0 ; create a dump of the user data channel, used for CC and XDS (such as V-Chip info). Can be use together with output_framearray to remote debug CC decodingoutput_videoredo=0 ; The old videoredo formatoutput_videoredo3=0 ; The new videoredo v3 format.output_womble=0output_mls=0 ; set to 1 if you want MPeg Video Wizard bookmark file outputoutput_cuttermaran=0output_mpeg2schnitt=0output_mpgtx=0output_dvrcut=0output_zoomplayer_chapter=0output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0output_edl=1output_dvrmstb=0 ; Set to 1 if you're running DVRMS-Toolboxoutput_edlx=0output_vcf=0output_bsplayer=0output_btv=0 ; set to 1 if you want Beyond TV chapter cutlist outputoutput_projectx=0 ; set to 1 if you want ProjectX cutlist output (Xcl)output_avisynth=0output_vdr=0 ; set to 1 if you want XBMC to skipping commercialsoutput_demux=0 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to demux the mpeg file while scanningsage_framenumber_bug=0sage_minute_bug=0live_tv=0 ; set to 1 if you use parallelprocessing and need the output while recordinglive_tv_retries=4 ; change to 16 when using live_tv in BTV, used for mpeg PS and TSdvrms_live_tv_retries=300 ; only used for dvr_msstandoff=0 ; change to 8000000 when using live_tv in BTVcuttermaran_options="cut=\"true\" unattended=\"true\" muxResult=\"false\" snapToCutPoints=\"true\" closeApp=\"true\""mpeg2schnitt_options="mpeg2schnitt.exe /S /E /R25 /Z %2 %1"avisynth_options="LoadPlugin(\"MPEG2Dec3.dll\") \nMPEG2Source(\"%s\")\n"dvrcut_options="dvrcut \"%s.dvr-ms\" \"%s_clean.dvr-ms\" "windowtitle="Comskip - %s"subtitles=1two_pass_logo=0logo_percentage_threshold=0.95logo_max_percentage_of_screen=0.2ignore_side=0output_debugwindow=0